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In light of OxfordR's niece's excellent film, thought it might be nice to have a thread with a list of Football Documentaries to watch in between abusing each other.
I also know a few posters on here have made their own so feel free to add:
Our Club, Our Town
Bunch Of Amateurs
Next Goal Wins
This Club Belongs To You And Me
Club For A Fiver
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Football Documentary Thread 🎥 on 16:54 - Dec 4 with 822 views
Not a documentary as such but ‘Cup Fever’ (1965) was a lovely ‘cheats never prosper’ film about an underfunded, but plucky and determined, team called Barton United (an unfortunate name, but don’t let that put you off). Joyous daytime telly stuff from the Children’s Film Foundation.
Football Documentary Thread 🎥 on 15:58 - Dec 4 by TwoHalves
Now who were the three England managers with alliterative names? And no googling (well you can google ‘alliterative’ if you like)! The clock’s ticking …
Football Documentary Thread 🎥 on 22:52 - Dec 4 by DannyPaddox
Robert Robson has to count … Shirley
I guess. Will have to completely re-evaluate my pub quiz repertoire now though. Damn.
Incidentally, am I right in thinking that ‘Robby Bobson’ was the manager of Fulchester United’s arch-enemy in the Viz comic strip ‘Billy the Fish’? If not it should have been.
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Football Documentary Thread 🎥 on 23:06 - Dec 4 with 551 views
Replaying to message above - miracle of castel di sangro is the best sports book I’ve read. Not sure how it would work as a film though, what makes it good is the naivety of the American author - thought I’d hate it but really generates the emotion in the story. Deserves a documentary though.
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Football Documentary Thread 🎥 on 23:15 - Dec 4 with 537 views
Football Documentary Thread 🎥 on 23:16 - Dec 4 by DannyPaddox
I’ll kick off with Joe Mercer. Did he not give Stan his first cap?
Edit: which makes him one of the greatest managers England has ever had.
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Joe Mercer is a prize-winner. But I think Stan’s first England cap was in Alf Ramsey’s last match against Portugal (he says, as if he hasn’t just consulted Wikipedia) although the sentiments about ‘greatest manager England has ever had’ still, arguably, have a certain resonance in his case.
Still one more caretaker manager to go though …
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Football Documentary Thread 🎥 on 10:35 - Dec 5 with 427 views
Football Documentary Thread 🎥 on 23:27 - Dec 4 by TwoHalves
Joe Mercer is a prize-winner. But I think Stan’s first England cap was in Alf Ramsey’s last match against Portugal (he says, as if he hasn’t just consulted Wikipedia) although the sentiments about ‘greatest manager England has ever had’ still, arguably, have a certain resonance in his case.
Still one more caretaker manager to go though …
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I'm going to guess Peter Taylor and/or Sammy Lee. Those two were fixtures on that bench for what seemed like decades. I'd say they kipped in the dressing rooms in between matches.
"The opposite of love, after all, is not hate, but indifference."
Football Documentary Thread 🎥 on 10:35 - Dec 5 by BrianMcCarthy
I'm going to guess Peter Taylor and/or Sammy Lee. Those two were fixtures on that bench for what seemed like decades. I'd say they kipped in the dressing rooms in between matches.
Ooh, very close there, Brian. Want to phone a friend?
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Football Documentary Thread 🎥 on 11:01 - Dec 5 with 368 views
Football Documentary Thread 🎥 on 07:53 - Dec 1 by FDC
The book 'The Miracle of Castel di Sangro' is absolutely amazing, and I'm always amazed there was no accompanying film documentary - or even a feature film.
The rights to this excellent book (which i have only read because Clive mentioned it on here) are NOT available. which means that someone, somewhere, is trying to make a version.
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Football Documentary Thread 🎥 on 02:26 - Dec 7 with 173 views
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